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  1. Evening all, A very enjoyable, if not complex build of a WWII legend, the Boeing B17G, or lesser known as the RAF variant of the Fortress Mk.III. I am not normally a fan of building "non UK built" WWII aircraft, but as my current theme is along the lines of Coastal Command, I couldn't overlook this airframe. Finished out of the box using Tamiya and Vallejo paints, some gun barrels were replaced with Quickboost versions. The base is by Noys Minatures from Hannants and the ground vehicles is Airfix's wonderful Bomber Supply Set. Model was built with the wings detachable in order to allow for better storage.
    35 points
  2. Whilst on furlough, I had a play around in Photoshop. I don't really know what I'm doing in there, I just press buttons and pull levers until it does something interesting! One of the levers I pulled made some arty changes to the images which looked pretty cool so thought I'd share them as something slightly different yet still RFI photo's. The first two are of the recent FM 1/48 Halifax This one is the Blackbird 1/72 Manchester conversion on the Airfix Lanc This one is the Sanger 1/48 Stirling done last year An old one this, the frog 1/72 Whitley The CMR Lanc B.II Lanc Conversion for the Revell 1/72 Kit The Hasegawa Grandslam 1/72 Another oldie, the Airfix 1/72 Halifax in 347Sqn markings Another Blackbird conversion, the 1/72 Lincoln The Italeri Stirling as McRoberts Reply Yet another oldie, the airfix 1/72 Stirling And another from this years output, the Airfix 1/72 Lanc straight out of the box Hope it's brought something a little bit different. Thanks for looking Neil
    32 points
  3. SBS cockpit and Eduard undercarriage bay. MRP paint. Mix of decals from various sheets.
    24 points
  4. Special Hobby's 1/32nd scale North American X15 A2 Apart from a few scratch built additions in the cockpit, and a pilot figure from Shapeways (3D printed), it is an out of the box build. Various shades of black, dark greys, and metallic tones from various manufactures. Shapeways X-15 pilot. 3D printed. The version I ordered was the "basic quality" one & higher quality versions are available, for an increased cost. This one was rough, but workable. Head/face replaced with a Hornet Heads resin item. He needed some adjustments to get a better fit in the chair & cockpit. Thanks for looking, Angelo
    23 points
  5. Although usually a 1/72 builder, as a 109 fan I couldn't resist the draw of Eduard's excellent 1/48 kit. This is the second time I have been tempted up a scale to capture this great but tiny aircraft in a way that has more "presence", and it won't be the last. I picked a G-2 mostly because it's one of my favourite sub-variants, but also because it's one that's a bit neglected by kits and in 1/72 there isn't really a good one. I wanted to do an Eastern Front Experte and eventually settled on this machine flown by Gunther Rall. A huge "thank you" to @G.R.Morrison for helping me with research that led to this build decision, and a lot of extra information that helped me pin down details of this particular aircraft. It was a bit of a challenge scaling up my painting techniques and I lost some of the fine surface detailing in a few places, most notably the yellow markings defeated me. I've also tried to step up my photography for this post but I apologise for the lighting inconsistencies between different pictures. Eduard 1/48 Bf 109G-2 Weekend edition Peddinghaus decals (Rall specific markings only) Brush painted with Xtracrylix No masking tape was harmed in the making of this model (the canopy mask was already cut when I got it 😉) Thank you for looking and constructive comments welcome.
    23 points
  6. OOB with just Ultracast seat. MRP paints, decals are a mix of Aeromaster and Skymodels decals.
    20 points
  7. Hi folk's just been "culling" some old and broken kits but this one I kept mainly as it's one of the only ship kit's I actually finished and I like how she turned out,just imagine the North sea hasn't taken it's toll on her yet.Of course it's the old Revell North sea trawler come Russian spyship and I've seen a boxing with the Findus logo on the front built a good few years ago now just had a dusting.
    19 points
  8. This is the moment of trepidation, putting ones work up for the eagle eyes to spot all errors, flaws and defects but this is a journey where ever model is a step improvement on the last. I am ever on awe of the quality of models that the members here present and learn something from every thread I read. 16 months with a 9 month break in the middle and I am happy to declare this finally finished. The build log is here for anyone who wants to have a laugh https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235053927-rn-faa-odyssey-1-airfix-sea-vixen-faw2/page/4/ This is a special model for me as my father was met officer on HMS Eagle on her final round the world trip in 1972 and this aircraft would have flow off her then. Great aircraft, lovely lines and I have enjoyed 'nearly' every minute of the build. Edit to add in details of aftermarket parts: wolfpack resin wingfold kit Pavla resin airbrake CMK resin wheel set Quickboost resin ejector seats Quickboost resin air I takes Eduard photoetched cockpit.
    15 points
  9. First a bit about the history of the Hawker Hurricane in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, even though it has been discussed here on BM several times. The Royal Yugoslav Air Force negotiated the import of the Hawker Hurricane with the British government April-May 1938. The first batch of 12 Hurricanes was delivered from December 1938 to April 1939. They were early Hurricane with fabric wings, 2-bladed propellers and no armored protection for the pilot. The second batch of 12 was delivered in March 1940 and they were the late type with metal wings, 3-blade propeller and armor for the pilot. Meanwhile, licensing rights for production in Yugoslavia were granted by Britain. The first plan to produce 100 aircraft in 2 factories (60 by ZMAJ and 40 by ROGOZARSKI) was soon reduced to 48 (24 each factory). It was also negotiated with Rolls-Royce to supply 60 engines. Yugoslav-built hurricanes were like British early, but with Merlin III and 3-blade propellers. Due to the imminent danger for Britain, delivery of the engines was stopped before the contract was completed. Because of this, Zmaj managed to complete 16 aircraft before the war, another 6 during the German attack and the last 2 just before the capitulation. Rogozarski had completed 90% of the ordered aircraft, but without the engines, due to the canceled delivery. To fix that problem, the plan was to pair the Hurricane frame with the DB601 engine from the Bf 109E-3a because Yugoslavia had a lot of spare engines for Messerschmitt. The first Hurricane delivered to Yugoslavia was used as a test aircraft and the DB 601 was installed. It is noted that the performance with the new engine was excellent, and it was planned to start series production. Everything stopped because of the German attack on the Balkans. The prototype was destroyed by the crews. To this day, there is no known image of this very interesting aircraft. The model is a Hawker Hurricane from the second batch delivered from Britain, with metal wings. Camouflage was British from the period: DG, DE and silver undersurfaces with black and white wings. The aircraft served with the 3rd pilot school at Mostar. 3rd pilot school with 4 Hurricanes and 3 Bf 109E-3 actually experienced a lot of air combat: -April 6, over Korčula, Hurricanes and Bf109 led by KIk Zlatko Stipčić attacked 11 Cant Z1007 bis bombers from 35 Stormo / 47 Stormo, followed by 12 Macchi C200 from 370 Squadriglia, and damaged two bombers, Sgt Milan Marjanović shot down two Macchi's , while k2k Danilo Grbić and sgt.Milan Delić separate the formation, and according to Delic's statement, they shoot down a plane. On the same day, two Bf109 (kIk Stipčić and sgt.Grujić) and Hurricane (k2k Grbić) attacked 5 Cant1007 bombers, Stipčić and Grbić injured one each while Grujić shot down one. An hour later Stipčić attacked with Bf109 and Grbić with Hurricane, a group of 18 Ju88 and 8 Bf110, and in a different match Grbić was badly injured, jumped out, but died due to heavy blood loss. Lt.Djordje Vasojevic in Hurricane reported the shooting of a He111 the same day. -April 8 lt Ivan Rubčić meets a Z1007 in Hurricane and claims to have shot him down. -On April 12, Lt. Franc Godec chased a Ju88 (III / KG51), but his plane was damaged and he jumped out of the burning plane. I can recommend reading on the topic: http://leadenskybooks.com/hawker-the-yugoslav-story
    15 points
  10. It is straight out of the box with only SBS seat. Hasegawa has made a Frankenstein out of the molds. Many panels need to be filled. What I have found online and in various books is that the early series, especially I and II, have the same panels on the wings as the Macchi 200, without machine guns and no access hatches for them. I filled all the access hatches and removed the machine guns. Painted with MRP Paint and decals from the Eduard kit.
    15 points
  11. Hi folk's after the soft skin photos as promised some of the heavy armour in the collection.All to1/35 scale.
    12 points
  12. I have just finished a Tamiya Beaufighter as a night fighter, and am now planning to get a Revell version for comparison. The Tamiya kit dates from the 1990s but goes together beautifully. It is said to have a slight pot-belly ahead of the tailwheel, and wrongly-shaped tailplanes, but these are not really noticeable to me. I had to try and fix a number of small inaccuracies and omissions, but most of them appear to be issues with the new Revell kit as well: Wheels: both kits have the later style; the earlier-type five-segmented wheels are not catered for. Revell wheels look rather thin; I don't know which are the most accurate. Tail lights: most Beaufighters had two lights (formation-keeping and navigation lamps) on the rudder trailing edge, but both kits only have the lower one, though the Revell light is undersized. Raised structure on top of the fuselage just ahead of the observer's cupola: Not sure what the purpose of this device was, it may have been to smooth the airflow over the canopy, but it is missing from both kits. Cowling bracing struts in front of engine: missing. Aerial-wire attachment on leading edge of fin: missing. Beam-approach pole antenna under fuselage (early marks): missing. Cartridge ejection slots: both kits have two rows of holes under the wings, but there should only be one row. Wing aerials: night fighters with AI Mk. IV radar should have elevation receiving dipoles above and below the starboard wing. Exhausts: The Tamiya hedgehog-exhausts are poorly shaped; Revell's look much better, except publicity photos of their new Mk.IF night fighter version show the same type exhausts - on the aircraft depicted they should be short with no flame-dampers. Elevator balance tab levers: Tamiya has them over-scale and wrongly-positioned on the top of the tailplane; corrected on the Revell version, except photos of their Mk.IF with flat tailplanes show them above the tailplane: hopefully just an error in assembly. Pitot tube: the shape on the Revell kit appears to be based on the RAF Museum Beaufighter which is all wrong. Elevator trim wheel (starboard side of cockpit): Revell's is much too big. Wings: Some spurious panel lines and battle-damage repair patches on Tamiya kit. Fuselage cannon: the port and starboard gun ports and shell-case ejector slots should be slightly asymmetric, though only noticeable on close inspection. On the Tamiya kit only the ejector slots are offset (though they are too far forward), while on the Revell kit it is only the gun ports that are offset. Overall, though not yet having seen the Revell kit in the flesh, I would say it is more detailed and complicated, but not necessarily a great improvement in accuracy over Tamiya's 1990s offering. Of course it could be that Revell's new Mk.IF includes some last-minute fixes to some of the above problems. . .
    12 points
  13. Thanks Adrian, Johnny, Alistair, Steve, Martian, Keith, Pat, Chris, Cookie and Ben for all the kind wishes Feeling a lot better today - still taking it easy and not liking the heat (24Âș and 64% humidity in the man cave at the moment, and that's in the fan blast!) I did manage to get the third Hurri masked before the perspiration from under the magnifier got in my eyes: First coat of camo soon.
    12 points
  14. Crisp, Giorgio, Terry, Jamie, Michael, Michael, Johnny, Benedikt, James, Ced, Keith, Alan, Ian, Phil, Bill, James, Steve, Alastair, Bill: I had in fact almost finished replying to you all individually just now and haplessly managed to delete the whole screed in the process of cutting and pasting - usually stuff remains after a page refresh doesn't it but on this occasion the forum software seems to have regarded my banalities as unworthy of a recovery efort. Anyway: deeply to all of you for your kind comments. This was the state of play last evening with all the necessaries in .stl format ready for orientation in Chitubox: The Elegoo software has definitely improved in the latest version - with regard to supports in particular. In the past I've tended to use far too many light supports and ended up with a plethora of contact points to tidy up afterwards - on this occasion I used a modified version of the medium support structure which, in combination with the software providing you now with visual hints regarding potential placement sites, needed far far fewer supporting elements. The iPhoton FileValidator software also discovered less 'islands' that I'd missed first time around, so I must be getting a tad better at judging angles... Put the resin on overnight and up about 5am to check results. This btw is what the W. of Ireland looked like at dawn this morning - a singularly lurid inflammation swiftly transforming into a torrential gunmetal rain: Very John Martin. (No, not that one with the 'y' - the 19thC apocalyptomaniac): Anyhow in the dawn light I did see that a bunch of shapes had emerged successfully from the goo, so after a thorough washing in IPA I dunked them in a tank of water/detergent mixture and shot of back to the scratcher for a last couple of hours of blessed kip. After about an hour under the UV map and picking off the remaining supports with a thumbnail, here we are: As per previously. nothing sanded so this is them in their raw state as they emerged. I'll go over them in more detail at the weekend in order to make notes about anything that needs changing but initial observations are positive as a viable workflow, saving the following: Offsets for all holes all need to be bigger: whether it's suction or just resin accumulating in the enclosed space, the holes simply aren't big enough (though main ones for the wing hinges seem fine, so only small round/square/slits need expanding by I reckon 40% in size.). Same issue with holes for front wheel axle and arrestor gear hook- may be possible to thicken these sections it slightly w/o wrecking the visuals. The radius arm of the main gear is too thin to support the required weight so will be replaced with a brass PE part. Idea of using brass rod as locking pins for main fold linkage (which I forgot to add to the print list dammit...), latches and main gear will be discarded as impracticable at this scale. Latch pins will be printed as part of structure as those visuals work fine for the rear mechanism whilst two former items will be bonded to surrounding structures using resin. I was pretty pleased with how well the structural integrity and level of detail held up - the only real 'failure' was a slight warping of the outer wing section at the rear: I'm not overly alarmed by this tbh as the section printed here is only 6mm wide whereas actual print will run out as far as rib 8 (where the wing fence is located) and am not anticipating this problem to recur with a large supporting cross section. Certainly that hasn't happened with this section when printed to this extent on a previous occasion. To pick out the level of detailing a bit more prominently, I rubbed some dark whiteboard marker into the parts to help with the photography: Here's just a selection of views then to give a sense of how certain details have performed. Firstly the inboard wingfold: Even bits I didn't think would appear have remained 9such as those thin perpendicular triangular bits behind the rear latching mechanism. Printing that mechanism directly onto rib 4 seemed to work fine with no intrusiveness from their rear support structures, and a pleasing level of detail remaining in the hinges. Outboard counterpart: A couple of shots of the forward latching mechanism and cable tray: Pleased that the latch structures will work mounted separately - I'll have a play around at the weekend tacking them on (along with some brass rod) to mockup the visuals, as I expect some fun getting things aligned: The cable tray I feel looks a bit 'soft' compared to the original, so I'm likely to replace this with brass strip bent into shape. Necessary also I feel to give some supporting strength up at the front of the wingfold. Arrestor hook and commensurate recesses in the rear exhaust fairing I've no complaints about: Aagain, I think I'll need to replace the upward-pointing actuator with some brass tube for strength when mounting into position - these kinds of decisions are I think indicative no how no single material is really satisfactory on it's own in representing so many diverse elements in three dimensions - especially where strength as well as appearance is at a premium: Although I won't do it on the actual model (for reasons of painting access),I printed the Microcells as part of the front wheel bay and it worked quite handily: @hendie's frustums worked a treat: Front and main legs: Actually looking at that radius arm again, the short thin section of it isn't a main load bearing section so I may just get away with keeping it. It's not all that evident but the front oleo was the only place I cocked-up putting a couple of supports too close to the main vertical so that there was no physical separation to cut them away - I need to watch that next time! The wheels. These satisfy me in a profoundly inexplicable manner.... With hindsight there really was no need for me to have printed them in two halves - with just a few contact points on the wheel rubbers to deal with, printing them whole shouldn't result in much heartache at the cleanup stage: Nosewheel axle will need re-drilling though but again, no real angst. Quick donk of the oleo into place for a gander at the visual: Sits a bit high but that's due to mounting hole in the roof of the well needing to be a bit deeper - you can see above as well those two supports I mentioned that I got too close to the stbd side of the oleo. As I was taking the last few photographs, a strangely radiant disc miraculously appeared in the sky so it was a good opportunity to dab some resin on to the hinge mounts to cure in the sunlight (in bright sun, usually less than a minute). The wings here are tacked together quickly before the sun disappeared rather than carefully positioned, hence the gap between the two halves: From the front to give a sense of the surface relief involved: Clumsy tacking together of parts excluded, today's results give me confidence that the design process is working. Before moving rearwards to look at the RAT and beginning to confront the frankly intimidating decisions needed in regard to opening up the engine bays and building the Avons, I need to collect my thoughts about what bits in today's haul need adding to the PE list and what bits needs alterations to their size/depth before proceeding onward. Thanks for looking-in: have a great evening! Tony
    12 points
  15. My latest project is this Bloch 152 from Dora Wings. French aircraft are not my usual forte but I was initially attracted by the box art. Quite a nice little kit but some of the parts required some fettling to get them to fit properly. The major area for concern was the unusual way each side of the of the fuselage was in 2 parts and as the fit isn't very good it took a while to get everything smoothed down. The canopy is also only supplied in the closed position which as the cockpit interior is quite basic it wasn't a problem. The engine is basic too but most of that is hidden behind the large prop and the same goes for the undercarrige bays. I would assume this was probably down to the lack of detailed information. As far as I know there is only one decent book about the aircraft but that was only available from Abebooks at ÂŁ146!(as far as I could see) I settled in the end for profile no. 203 from Evilbay which is OK but not really much help. The paint finish is Hakata French Airforce colours. Again, I'm not a big fan of Acrylics but gave them a go to see what they were like. They sprayed OK but I did have to keep cleaning the airbrush tip. Anyway, thanks for looking and I'm looking forward to their Miles Master and P-43. DWB 1 DWB 2 DWB 3 - Copy DWB 4 - Copy DWB 5 - Copy DWB 6 - Copy
    10 points
  16. I’ve been trying to overcome my airbrush phobia. As the camo pattern on most French planes of the period was randomly sprayed, I thought I’d have a bash at some freehand airbrush work. With nothing to lose, if it all went south I could just blatt a base colour over it and go back to the hairy stick. Well, it needs refining, but I’m pretty pleased. I’ll give it a proper look in the daylight, but for a first go I’m quite chuffed.
    10 points
  17. This was a nice little project depicting the ride of P/O Handyside.
    9 points
  18. All know about Eduards P-51s. Rather troublesome build, few minor things caused by myself. Built as Kit Carsons Nooky Booky IV. Alclad metalics, Gunze paints and Eaglecals decals. My Bad, should be in RFI
    9 points
  19. Quite enjoying having a break from trucks...
    9 points
  20. Hi all, Just finished this exquisite little 1/72 gem. It really is a delight to make - it’s basically a really nice 1/48 kit shrunk 😬. Can’t think of anything in this scale to match it tbh. I’m on a roll of starting a mini collection going of 1/72 eclectic biplanes that take my fancy. Mostly they seem to be older kits though. Can anyone recommend any other well designed kits of that nature? I think I’ve seen most of Eduard’s offerings in WW1 and, obviously Airfix, Tiger Moth, Gladiator and the Vintage Classic range, but anything else? Guy
    8 points
  21. Two steps forward, one back today. Buoyed by airbrush success earlier on a French build, I felt confident enough to go for the blotch patterns on the two fighters. Well, let’s just say it’s not bad for a first draft. The Freccia went reasonably well, as the camo is a more diffuse pattern of green and maroon. A couple of places things went awry, but I felt I could correct those later with careful reapplication of the sand colour. The Falco started out well. It has a denser pattern of irregular patches of colour. Like the other model, the occasional splurt was ignored as being fixable. Then I started on the the second colour, and it all started to go wrong. I decided to stop at that point, hence the partial pattern on the lower starboard wing. I’m going to recoat with the sand colour and start again. I may do that in the monoplane, too. Still, valuable experience. Nothing here to be scared of.
    8 points
  22. Thanks very much Johnny. I've followed a couple of your recent builds and learnt a lot! You'll be pleased to hear I've finally bought my first roll of Tamiya tape 😉 White blutac is next ... Looking forward to following your next projects, especially the 1/72 Blenheim, which looks just as well done as the 1/48 😎 👍 👍 I was genuinely surprised Richie! 👍 Thanks John. I've not mastered the paper mask method yet, it's so tricky for curved surfaces! But I like it enough to persevere. And I can heartily recommend the kit, especially as you are spoiled with 1/72 and 1/48 scales. Good call on the exhaust collectors Adrian. I think mine look 'OK', but that's a '6/10 OK' in my book! Something I need to work on a little more on the next build. A 1/48 Gladiator is on the wish list đŸ€ž Right, I had a few hours this evening to play with it again. Most of the masking tape paint chips have been touched up with a paintbrush. Next job was to add some back in, and see what this hairspray paint chipping malarky was like. Well, my first mistake was not putting enough silver down first. I should have been much more generous. It is not heavily weathered though, so I can live with it, but I'll know for next time to plan it better! (I wanted to add paint chips for the footfall around the cockpit) Apart from that I liked the effect it gave, but was rather worried that I didn't feel like I had much control over it, and I was also worried about going through the silver base too. All stuff picked up with experience I hope. It is very subtle, and works better for me than adding silver on top of the paint with either a brush or pencil. I did notice it weathered the paint finish a lot, so you can tell where I've been attacking it with a stiff wet brush. I wonder if the varnish will hide this? I didn't want to use the kit transfers for the non slip walkways on the wings, I thought these would be easy to paint on instead. I didn't like the flat uniform look of the transfer, the originals seem to weather quiet quickly. I went for a slightly mottled dark grey, but found examples with a broad spectrum from black to light grey. Then a few passes with a lighter and darker shade. The foot steps look like black holes on most photographs, but I think are recessed. I have some Flory Washes I'm looking forward to trying on this so hopefully they will add some shadows here. What's next on the 'to do' list? I'm not sure! My tyres are looking a bit bland and need work. The turret needs to go in. I'd love to show it in the 'down' position, and not sure why Airfix haven't included this as an option? Anti slip strips masked and painted by Mike, on Flickr Anti slip strips masked and painted by Mike, on Flickr
    8 points
  23. and the final 2 pictures showing the stippling on the wing surface, 4/4
    8 points
  24. Good morning All, it has been a while since I posted a Phoenix Models kit but I have complete another one as a break from my current Fairey Rotodyne build. Many of us are blessed with significant others who understand, appreciate or simply accept our hobbies. Some of us have significant others whose own hobbies include Dolls' Houses and their associated items; a hobby that can quickly become far more expensive than our own. My (much) better half encourages my hobby and on occasions I assist with hers, as in this case. Phoenix produce a wide range of white metal kits in 1:12 scale for the Dolls' House sector, of which this is one. The kit itself is fairly simple, requiring the usual clean up that any white metal kit will require before starting the build. This is what you get in the bagged kit along with the simple, hand drawn, exploded diagram instruction sheet which also has a written explanation of the assembly sequence. I based my colour scheme on a couple of photos found on the internet, these portable gramaphones are not exactly rare items, rather than follow the suggested scheme from the instruction sheet. I should have muted the sheen of the case, but hey-ho. By chance we had two models of the gramophone, and this one has a scratch built carry handle and winding handle to replace the items misplaced over the years, based on the internet photos more than the parts in the second kit. The records are photo etch brass from a separate Phoenix set and are quite thick; well they seem thick for those of us used to using 1/72 Eduard items for model planes anyway. These were sprayed with etch primer, then Mr Color semi-gloss black and finally given a coat of Klear for the centre decal labels to be applied. To give you an idea of size in this scale I put a pound coin with the last photo. Thank you for stopping by to look.
    7 points
  25. Eventually finished my first build, 1/700 Titanic, not perfect but Happy enough for my first foray into model building for 60+yrs. One or two mishaps along the way, some fiddly bits and a couple of things sent on a magical trip jumping out of the tweezers and sent on a journey to another dimensionđŸ€” never to be found again. Decals were a bit of a nightmare, the gold coloured lines I decided to do without, they were a bit reluctant to come off the decals sheet, the one that did come off easy went everywhere except where it was meant to. The Titanic decal for the bow of the ship is so tiny as is the stern you can hardly see it but they are there. The main decal RMS Titanic for the base stand went on ok but idiot me when I went to move the finished ship somewhere safe my clumpy fingers touched the wet decal by accident and ruined the decal.đŸ€Ź If anyone knows where I can get a new Decals sheet or even the RMS Titanic one for the base plate it would be much appreciated. I have been using Humbrol DecalFix for the decals, is this ok? Images below, feel free to critique, I'm, still learning and I have thick skin.
    7 points
  26. Hi all, my latest offering to the modelling gods! A bit of a struggle all round, not helped by the many trials and tribulations thrown up by Real Life during 2020... Anyway that aside, for the most part it was a fun build - the headaches were, as is my habit, almost entirely self-created. The WIP thread, for anyone interested, can be found here. Aircraft of this type were the mainstay of the RFC training units in Canada during WW1. The markings depict an aircraft of 'C' Flight, 88 Canadian Training Squadron, 44 Wing based at Armour Heights Field, Toronto, during 1917/18. One of several very interesting photos I found on-line was of this very aircraft, in flight over Central Ontario: (Image in the public domain) Hawk-eyed individuals will note, perhaps with the same level of incredulity as I did, the presence of the trainer on the wing adjacent to the trainee's cockpit whilst approximately one thousand feet above the ground - no doubt explaining to his pupil, in words of one syllable, the fundamentals of flight! So without further delay, here are a set of photos of the finished article: Thanks to everyone who looked in, commented etc on the build, your interest was much appreciated. Comments and criticisms, as ever, welcome
    7 points
  27. Maybe, i was in the loft and this morning and found some glue sticks, so I had completed my block jobs and then I made a start. I had a slight drama with the Spitfire, as the sleeve came lose in the wing which meant the Spitfire didn't sit right. I've added two rods on the tail of the 110 to help with the extra weight, I may even add some radio wires as I'm feeling brave. ive took some short clips, once I work out how to use YouTube I'll post them.
    7 points
  28. WiP is right here... Here are some pics! All the paints are Vallejo and Vallejo Air...Aside from a couple of small things you cant see, it's OOB. Easily the largest model I have ever built, but maybe it is smaller than the Italeri C-119 Boxcar...Anyway. It's big. Imagine seeing this thing coming your way! I need a breather. 😆 -John
    7 points
  29. Hi All, Just finished this “The Greatest Flying Club in the World” 6 Elementary & Reserve Flying Training School RAF Volunteer Reserve weekend camp, Sywell, 1938. AZ Model Hawker Hind I L7235 and heavily converted Amodel Hawker Hart Into Hart Trainer K2988 with Matador Models Hucks Starter and modified Oxford diecast BP Thompson Aircraft Fueller, Sgts Mess tents and modified Auhagen shepherds hut into Flying Control Caravan. Airfix/Revell figures and oddbods. 75594299_10156664347900976_8061474565995364352_o by Ben Brown, on Flickr 74314753_10156664316890976_1011377606076923904_o by Ben Brown, on Flickr ATB TT
    6 points
  30. The idea to make a fictitious HE-113 fighter for this campaign seemed like cheating to me despite it is on the list of planes that took part in the battle. So, thinking about what I have in stash I reached for the He111 box and decided to start it as well. Most of the 111's have already flown to STGB, so it's not bad to have one here. For starters, the required box images: I almost sold the He-100 a couple of months ago, but when I looked at the parts again, I decided to build it. The level of detail for this short run model is excellent, panel lines are fine and clear. The Airfix kit has a phenomenal interior which is a model in itself, a ton of parts that fit perfectly.
    6 points
  31. Latest finished build, 1/48 Hobbyboss KA-27 Helix. Really good kit to build. Quickboost seats Brengun exterior photoetch Begemot decals UMP black primer Mr hobby & tamiya paints UMP and AK washes Uschi rigging wire
    6 points
  32. Bullet dodged? The first pair of chaises longue in situ. Ish Looking for this: Wriggly wire production now Close enough I feel so now I can populate the innards to suit with stretchers and other ASR kit to suit. This missing (port wall) will be getting a medical station too, racks are being fettled as us speaketh For the outside I treated myself to one of the radar noses Simone prints, should arrive on Monday.
    6 points
  33. I'm calling this finished, tho' it's actually not! As there are a few detail appendages that need adding including the wing fences - neither the Welsh Models or the Amodel kit include the wing fences. I have a companion build (all will be revealed in due course) to the Comet and I'll complete the detailing of both at the same time, as that is how I work. But, given I don't know when that will be I thought I might as well post images of a 99% completed Comet. I have always liked the 'classic' Olympic livery, not only is it one of classiest to adorn an aeroplane, it suits Comet to a tee. It also conjours up glamourous images of the mid '60s jet set, particularly as the airline was owned by the flamboyant Onassis family with all their glitz and associations to the wealthy and famous. Comet had a relatively short service life with Olympic from 1961/62 - 1969/70 being replaced by B.707-320C, however, it was long enough to two have two livery variations to adorn it, the model depicts the later one from around 1965 onwards. The airframes at the end of their Olympic service were shunted off to Channel Airways as well being used for spares. The Olympic Comets were a joint venture/partnership between Olympic and BEA (hence the BEA 'red square' logo in the Olympic cheatline) it was therefore not unusual to have BEA crews operating Olympic machines and vice versa. Its a pity that Olympic don't exist as such any more and are just an imprint of Agean without a distinct identity. The base kit was the Welsh Models vac and resin one with a few bits and bats from both the Airfix and Amodel kits. It was finished in Tamyia acyrlics, the decals are laser decals courtesy of Ray at the ever excellent 26decals. The fundamental Welsh kit is accurate, the main shortcoming is the underside of the mid-centre section of the fuselage where the wings join it, which is devoid of detail and the underside profile is not so much wrong, as missing. But, given all the 1/144 Comets currently available have noticeable shortcomings of one sort or an other and when sitting on its u/c its not noticeable - I can therefore live with it. I was going to use different shades of bare metal finish to give a more realistic finish, but once the Tamyia bare metal silver was applied it gave a surprisingly realistic appearance including the appearance of tonal differences, so I left it. I would imagine in a larger scale one would have to consider applying different tones to avoid having a monotone finish. I'm generally very happy with the results, if one does not look too closely, the biggest niggle is, I didn't bring the base white far enough down the fuselage sides. I didn't realise that the white has to finish virtually lined up with the bottom edge of the cheat line to get the best from the laser decals. That is quite hard to achieve but I could have done had I realised at the time - but, its not too much of a distraction. Tommo.
    6 points
  34. I've managed to get plenty done throughout the week. There were no real problems doing any of the next steps so this post will mainly be photos. First, after a few coats of Humbrol Beige Green, Dark Earth then Dark Green the Blenheim looks a little bit like this: I then fitted the undercarriage which went on easily without any problems. Then the cowlings, same there although they required a bit of assistance to stay on and at the correct angle. At this point I had already applied a gloss coat ready for the decals. And finally, here she is with the decals! I decided to represent R3816 as she would have looked at the start of the Battle of the Barges before night operations really started in earnest. Later she would have been repainted in Night underneath, and there's a fairly well-known photo of her with this camouflage applied dated 1941. Next up will be some subtle weathering and final assembly. I hope to have this mostly done this weekend so I can clear the building board for the next project! Thanks for looking! Matt
    6 points
  35. A couple of 'family model' Thuds visiting Edwards AFB, on the transient ramp, February 1984. 63-8287 63-8365 Thanks for looking, Sven
    6 points
  36. Well... draft only.. but we need it! We will no get rubber wheels, but i suppose we will get resin wheels from ResKit:).
    6 points
  37. 😂😂😂 That made me chuckle mate, need to catch up some time when we're allowed to play out properly! Tonights mission was making some wood. I'm getting used to playing with these oils now. The base colour is Tamiya XF59 Dessert yellow because that's all I could find that looks right in the box. Klear was sprayed over to give a gloss surface as I find this helps smearing oils across the surface. The wood effect was then burnt umber and yellow oche brushed over and wiped with an ear bud. Quite pleased with how its turned out. Many many years ago, I painted a B-17. not the best looking back on it, but great to be immersed in all things Fortressy at the moment! I still have it under the bed along with my O'level art work!
    6 points
  38. Well, after searching and searching for a suitable base I have chosen to use the support of a photo frame. If someone wants to see the process that I have followed in this model, they can do so at the following link. Andrés S.
    5 points
  39. This is the 1/72 Sharkit resin-and-vacuform kit of the Edgley Optica. It's a pretty basic kit, and even to build the yellow G-BGMW prototype (which is what the kit is intended for) it would benefit from some detailing inside the cockpit and at the rear of the ducted fan nacelle. But I wanted to reproduce the Optica that flew in the cult-but-dire movie Slipstream (1989). This needed some modification of the prototype version: an extension to the upper nacelle and elevator trim tab, shrouds on the undercarriage, an overhead control box and wider instrument panel in the cockpit, flow directors on the upper wing surfaces ... in addition to the necessary pitot tube, sundry aerials, landing lights, a stone guard on the front wheel, control columns and rudder pedals, and rear support struts for the engine. And some other bits and bobs. In addition, I printed up decal sheets to reproduce, as best as I could, the feathered patterns on wings and nacelle, and the odd symbol on the tail. Build log is here: It's a resolute tail-sitter, with no room for added weight in the very open and thin-floored cockpit. I've made no effort to photographically conceal the short transparent rod that props up the back of the nacelle. Edited to add: here are a few views on the Coastal Kits "Abandoned Airfield" display base, which arrived in the post today.
    5 points
  40. You may want a coffee or a beer for this one!!đŸ€ŁđŸ€Ł This is my B-24J Liberator from the old tooling from the ‘Blueprint’ era boxing. I originally had the same kit but it was in the 1975 box Along with the other models it had suffered storage and house moving with guns, propellers, tail planes and one main gear broken. When it was originally built, only the vertical stabilisers were painted and box art decals applied - that mouth one was a right P.I.T.A.!! - both side broke up into 4-5 pieces applying them - I dint know about setting solution then! I decided It needed a revamp to took it apart - again the polystyrene cement broke apart easily and I cleaned up the parts where possible. Most of the windows had excess glue on them and were bin fodder. One of the tail plane elevators were missing as was one wheel/tyre (don’t know how as I still had the broken landing strut!) I decided to look for replacement windows on eBay with no success at first - then I lucked out completely!! Somebody was selling the blueprint box which actually had 2 kits in it although they couldn’t be certain that there were enough bits to build 2 Liberators. I managed to win the bid thinking I would use the parts I needed and sell the kit(s) on again. Upon closer inspection of my original wings and fuselage, I found damaged spots so I decided to make a chart 3 columns wide and tick off what parts were available out of the three kits against a printed off copy of the instructions. There definitely was one complete kit, the second was mostly there and the third was fit for the odd part only. I made sure the complete kit would go in the box along with the third kit(my original). I re-listed it and got about the same as I had paid for it in the first place. I then built this one only having to scratch build the turret guns and repair the propellers (I had 2 complete and found the broken off blades in the spares tub which was in the same box as the models were kept in. I used an old cd case fo the flat windows (which were clearer than the originals) and replaced the square plastic waist gun ports (never liked them anyway). I was going to paint it silver but that mouth decal put me off so I painted it Tamiya olive drab. Only thing was the olive drab looked too dark so I added some white to lighten it up a bit and resprayed it. Only one set of decals were in the box so I scanned them and printed my own (for the first time). They came out ok bit I need to work a bit on my cutting out. I was looking at it and decided it needed nose art. I found ‘Bomb Toting Mama’ but the pictures were black and white and I couldn’t successfully colourise it. I then saw ‘Diamond Lil’ on a B-24D?. I thought ‘Well - it’s still a Liberator and I little artistic license wont hurt’ so I printed it out - on clear sheet first which looked okay until I put it on and it almost disappeared. While speaking with a friend on Xbox who’s in the printing trade, he pointed me in the right direction saying it needs to be printed on white decal paper, so I reprinted it and the tail numbers with a green background and applied them. I’m happy with the result even though it looks factory fresh. I hope you like it
    5 points
  41. I thought I'd do a quick in between build. Just the tank, glue and paint. No base, figures, bells or whistles. Keep it simple, OOTB without complicated aftermarket sets, photoetch or surgery. And I opted for Tamiya's Leopard 1A4 in 1/35. From 1979. It will be the first modern tank in quite a while. Last one I did, was Academy's Merkava with minerollers, I believe. Which must've been at least 20 years ago. So it will take some getting used to, again. The kit has its flaws and I am not talking accuracy issues here. The muzzle opening is off center as are the return roller axles. So far. But there was some filling to be done. But so far the wheels fit, the turret too and I think I got the barrel acceptably straight and flush. I amputated the commander's legs, so that he would fit in the hatch. Don't know if I'll use him, though. The build is quite straight forward, no real issues or pitfalls. The fit in some places is not exactly perfect, but then again it is a 40 years old kit! I did experience quite some moldingseams though, many of them on the small parts. For those really wanting to do an extra effort, there are plenty of places for extra detailing or add in's. I just did not want to. I chose to glue everything in place, hoping those small parts would be easier to reach and handle for further cleaning.
    5 points
  42. Gents, Having gone back to work in the last couple of weeks I haven't been able to put the evenings in at Wattisham as I was during June, but I popped up for a couple of hours last night to catch the activity associated with the finale of Exercise Talon Hydra. This exercise has involved the Stamford training area (STANTA) in Norfolk. As well as the resident Apaches yesterday saw up to four Chinooks and two Pumas working out of Wattisham, to and from STANTA. Started well when I found out that they were operating a Apache FARP down at the Western end on the North side with a couple of AH's lifting right in front of me, but restricted to a very narrow view with the camera at the gate. The two Pumas came out after refueling and headed back to STANTA. Unlike Chinooks, you rarely see them around here, and I haven't photographed one for a long time, but really surprised as too how 'murky' and dark they look when compared to a Chinook. Two of the Chinooks had left as I arrived and turned for STANTA, so I was guessing they would come back sometime to refuel, and sure enough the first, a solo, came up on the box inbound. As there was already several guys at my usual spot by the memorial fence I decided to head down to the 23 approach and take a chance on them turning and banking towards me as they turned onto the runway heading from a North Easterly approach. Trying to second guess helos is always risky as they never seem to keep to predictable tracks. 'Pegasus 1' timed it right. No sooner was he on the deck for a running refuel the remaining three also called up as 'Titan' section. Well I figured if the first had timed it well, I was in for a chance with the others. My luck was in again. Note the different external configurations between the various Chinooks. I'm not really up on my current Chinook variants and marks. So, with the sun getting lower and all four refueling it was back up the Western end again to hopefully catch them coming out in some golden light. This time they went off as two pairs, heading home to Odiham. Not too shabby for just a couple of hours! Gary
    5 points
  43. Well, she has gone together reasonably well so far, but I have managed to knock off (and lose) the rear machine gun đŸ€ŠđŸŒâ€â™‚ïž. I will have to do battle with the carpet monster later. In the meantime she has been primed ready for painting.
    5 points
  44. The reason this appears on a mantlepiece is explained in my build thread thanks to the sunshine today I managed to get my gallery shots with the shadows to show the rigging and a last shot by the original box
    5 points
  45. Good morning everyone... I was able to get the decals on tonight. Once these are set and cleared over i may fill in the wing walkways, anyone know what they were made of ? Non slip paint or something else Please feel free to ask questions, post comments, and or add thoughts. Dennis
    5 points
  46. Thanks for all the likes it does mean a lot! Thanks for your input Ivan @ivan-o Most of the wrecks I've seen on Lulworth ranges have a complete set of suspension units fitted as per this one [NOT my photo] photo by Bron Pancerna on Flicker.com on Google search Hi Terry @Terry1954 nice to have you along, hopefully I will end up with something looking like the above photograph! Roger
    5 points
  47. Hello Ced, you should try more "Kartoffeln" in any way. Ok, I'm a "Kraut or Kartoffel ("Fritte" would be more or less CC .; Hope you don't mind CC)" as some say, but I'm Just watching a doku here on Mdr about that with stomach problems. So, what about a baked potatoe with sour cream, Mashed potatoes with anything you like. No Pommes, too much oiled! No alcohol also then. Sorry! Reflux is a beast and a insidious disease. So try to stop it for yourself! https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/ratgeber/gesundheit/hg-kartoffel-knolle-gesund-kartoffelwickel-entspannung-superfood-100.html So, I hope I get some prejudices cleared so far! Btw: I said I hate Sauerkraut. Yes I do with one exception and a"mildes Sauerkraut" (Yep, I can calll myself normal; I think😉). This one e.g.: https://www.chefkoch.de/rezepte/38551012919251/Szegediner-Gulasch.html Ps.: I can't do without Currywurst mit Fritten Mayo at all CC. Cheers CC and Cheers to Ced Good night
    5 points
  48. Finito ! Well the ladder will be added later once it has recovered from a reverse Ikea experience having built it and then clumsly put something down right on top of it ... Dummkopf!
    5 points
  49. Well Staycation time and I have my daughter back first time back home since February been doing some nice things around the Northumberland coast and Beamish museum has now reopened and booked for tomorrow get our season tickets renewed Slow progress therefore with this build but an afternoon to myself has got me up to this all railings fitted and rigging done some minor bits and pieces to add and then should be done soon Stay safe beefy
    5 points
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